30 April 2012

Woz: Windows Phone 'Beautiful', Better Than Android

Windows Phone Is 'Beautiful', Better Than Android: Steve WozniakPCWorldBy Ashleigh Allsopp, macworld.co.uk Steve WozniakSteve Wozniak prefers his Windows Phone to Android, but the iPhone is still his favourite. The Apple co-founder believes that Microsoft has hired a former Apple employee to work on the Windows Phone user ...

SpaceX Prepares For Launch With Test Firing of Rocket TodayWired NewsBy Jason Paur We're less than a week away from the scheduled launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, and today the company will fire the engines at the Kennedy Space Center with the rocket firmly anchored to the ground. The static test is somewhat unusual ...

Oracle: Google execs 'knew this day would come'CNETIn closing arguments, Oracle's counsel posited to the jury that this case comes down to one simple question: Can one company use another company's property without permission? by Rachel King April 30, 2012 10:36 AM PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Oracle made its ...

Meteor shower: Treasure seekers flock to California Gold CountryLos Angeles TimesIn the week since a fireball shot across the sky and exploded, scattering a rare type of meteorite over California's Gold Country, the hills have drawn a new rush of treasure seekers. Once again there are lively saloons, fortune hunters jockeying for...

24 new Caribbean lizard species identifiedmsnbc.comA suite of lizards called skinks has just crawled into the science books, with researchers discovering 24 new species of the reptiles from the Caribbean islands. Many of the skink species were identified from museum specimens, and now, the researchers ...msnbc.com

UK High Court Orders ISPs to Block The Pirate BayPC MagazineBy Chloe Albanesius The UK's High Court has ruled that five ISPs in the region must block file-sharing site The Pirate Bay for copyright violations. Sky, Everything Everywhere, TalkTalk, O2, and Virgin Media must block the website within the next few ...

Wind farms are warming the earth, researchers sayFox NewsResearch shows these wind farms raise nighttime temperatures. New research finds that wind farms actually warm up the surface of the land underneath them during the night, a phenomena that could put a damper on efforts to expand wind energy as a green ...

Symantec: Attacks Rose While Vulnerabilities Fell in 2011eWeekGoogle's Android OS, due to its open nature, became a favored target of cyber-criminals, according to Symantec. The number of malicious and Web attacks continued to grow rapidly in 2011, with mobile platforms like Google's Android operating system ...

Alienware debuts three Ivy Bridge gamer laptopsVentureBeatAlienware, a division of Dell, just announced three new gamer laptops that use the Intel code-named Ivy Bridge processors. The M14x (pictured above), M17x, and M18x laptops also use stand-alone graphics chips from Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices.VentureBeat

Upcoming Web Series Might Revive Hollywood's Halo MovieEscapist MagazineMicrosoft has announced a new web series that will premiere prior to the release of Halo 4, representing "the largest investment" the company has ever made in live-action production. But instead of simply adding to what will surely be a gigantic ...

Research In Motion: RBC Cuts Ests On Continuing Share LossForbesRBC Capital analyst Mark Sue this morning trimmed his financial forecasts for Research In Motion to reflect the BlackBerry maker's continued market share losses. Sue now sees revenue for the February 2013 fiscal year of $13.7 billion, ...

LG unveils cloud-based storage serviceUSA TODAYBy Brett Molina, USA TODAY They've confirmed the launch of a cloud-based storage service geared toward multimedia files such as photos, videos and music. The LG Cloud is available in a beta phase starting May 1, the company announced in a statement.USA TODAY

Apple is (finally) confirmed as Bloom Energy's customerGigaOMBy Katie Fehrenbacher Apr. 30, 2012, 8:57am PT No Comments Last month I exclusively reported that Apple was buying fuel cells from Bloom Energy for its data center in Maiden, North Carolina. However at the time neither company would confirm the deal.

Kickstarter smartphone-watch project tops $7 million in weeksCBS News(CBS News) Imagine raising $7 million dollars in a matter of weeks from nearly 50000 strangers. That's the power of a growing trend in crowd funding, which is demonstrated by the most successful Kickstarter campaign yet. Pebble is a watch that syncs ...

Antarctic albatross displays shift in breeding habitsPhys.OrgA new study of the wandering albatross -- one of the largest birds on Earth -- has shown that some of the birds are breeding earlier in the season compared with 30 years ago. The wandering albatross is the largest of seabirds, with a wing span reaching ...

SC gas price average dips below 2011ABC NEWS 4CHARLOTTE, NC (April 30, 2012) -- South Carolina motorists are now paying less for a gallon of gasoline than last year, according to AAA Carolinas. The average price in the Palmetto State on Monday is $3.598 per gallon compared to $3.69.3 a year ago.

Man Sues BMW For Persisting ErectionDaily BeastA California man who set out on a short but exhilarating motorcycle ride got off the bike with a long-lasting thrill. Henry Wolf has sued BMW North America and a motorcycle-seat maker claiming that a four-hour ride on his 1993 bike with a ridge-like ...Daily Beast

New Boro Taxis Will Be Painted Apple GreenPatch.comLivery cabs with permits to pick up street hails will be painted green, to distinguish them from other taxis. By Jamie Schuh Mayor Bloomberg unveils official color of new boro taxis with TLC Commissioner Yassky.April 29, 2012.

Samsung denies staging “Wake Up” anti-Apple flashmobSlashGearSamsung has denied any involvement with the “Wake Up” flashmob staged outside an Apple Store in Australia, despite suggestions that it was an escalation of the company's anti-iPhone campaign. Reported earlier this week, the flashmob saw dozens of ...SlashGear

HTC One X gets an early CyanogenMod 9 portAndroid CommunityThe HTC One X is rightly sitting on top of the Android world for the moment, and of course that means just one thing: the modders are coming out to play. Users of the international One X (with the Tegra 3 processor) can now get a taste of the ...Android Community

The Google Drive FAQCNETAre you ready for a hard drive in the cloud? Do you have friends or family who are nagging you to explain it? Use our FAQ. Updated with new questions. by Rafe Needleman April 24, 2012 2:57 PM PDT Follow @rafe Got questions about Google's new cloud ...

Shanghai's Five Most High-Tech HotelsForbesIn fact, we gave The Peninsula Shanghai an Editors' Choice Award for Top Technology Hotel — read on to find out which gadgets the Five-Star hotel has in store, plus our picks for four more of the most high-tech hotels in Shanghai.

Apple squared, (four)squared — Tech News and AnalysisBy Mor Naaman, MahayaThey could even build that technology into their ipads if they want, and give them away to 10 million merchants, and still spend less than $4 billion. Square isn't worth anywhere near $4B, as Apple just isn't as gullible as the VCs who are willing ...GigaOM